After spending the past couple hours on trying to figure out how to make an interactive graph akin to Darrin’s Sales Data charts, I finally figured it out. Thanks to Darrin for pointing me in the right direction, though! To see why I needed it, be sure to check out the “Poll” tab. Makes Poll results look much better this way, too
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As far as the content this week, we managed to get 28 counted submissions (weekly and community-based articles are not counted). That’s a bit more than what we’ve been getting, and with PAX coming up later this month (March), we’re sure to get a bunch of stuff to report then. As for this week? Not too sure, but we’ll see (as with the upcoming weeks). I know BFBC2 will be hitting store shelves and everyone is raving about the game.
Kind of went off track there haha. This week’s news circled around mostly media, such as trailers, TV spots, and a few other pieces. There were some games industry-related “News” though, including Warner buying out Rocksteady (the guys behind Arkham Asylum, WRC looking into real-time positioning data, more RAM available to developers to access, and the start of the PS3 shortage.
We’ve also got a couple reviews by Trev, including Heavy Rain and the new Resident Evil 5 DLC. Fleakitten also had a very popular editorial, this one about FPS games ruining the industry, which won both “Most Comments” and “Most Liked”.
God of War II also had a bit of a showing as well, including exclusive gameplay for GameTrailers TV, the E3 2009 demo hitting the PlayStation Store last Thursday, and no install data alongside seamless loading. The game will be hitting the states two weeks from Tuesday, with other areas getting it later that week.
Alright, first off, the winner for Heavy Rain was announced last Sunday, with Emrah taking home the prize. Lucky. Maybe I would have had a better chance if I submitted 4 entries as opposed to one 
. Eddie has also officially confirmed that he will be representing the site over in Boston during the PAX, which takes place on March 26th. I’m sure this will be the first of many Live Blogged expos. GDC and E3? Here we come… 
Here’s this week’s recognitions:
Contributor of the Week
- oly1kenobi – 9 Entries
QuickNews Contributor of the Week
- oly1kenobi – 5 Entries
Most Liked
- fleakitten – How the Success of the FPS Genre is Ruining Gaming – 11 Likes
Most Comments
- fleakitten – How the Success of the FPS Genre is Ruining Gaming – 42 Comments
God of BluRay
fleakitten – February 21st
Heavy Rain Review
Trev – February 21st
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
oly1kenobi – February 21st
Prison Break: The Conspiracy Trailer
oly1kenovi – February 22nd
Rumor: Next Firmware to remove OtherOS feature?
Tosh – February 22nd
LBP DLC for 2/25/10 (Includes White Knight Costumes)
oly1kenobi – February 22nd
Heavy Rain TV Ad
Tosh – February 23rd
The PS3 Now Has 70MB of Additional RAM?
JimmyMagnum – February 23rd
Warner Buys Out Rocksteady
JimmyMagnum – February 23rd
God of War III Will NOT Have HDD Install
JimmyMagnum – February 23rd
Less Content in Western Release of Yakuza 3
JimmyMagnum – February 23rd
SCE to be Renamed SNEP Then Back to SCE Again? Wait What?
Eddie – February 24th
How the Success of the FPS Genre is Ruining Gaming
fleakitten – February 24th
Where Does the $60 You Pay For a Game Go?
oly1kenobi – February 25th
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Brochure
Trev – February 25th
Resident Evil 5: Lost In Nightmares Review
Trev – February 25th
Don’t Redeem That Heavy Rain Voucher Code Just Yet
Trev – February 25th
UNCHARTED 2: Multiplayer Pack “Drake’s Fortune ” in PSN Store Today
oly1kenobi – February 25th
Sega will replace AVP Hunter Edition Facehuggers with Broken Tails
oly1kenobi – February 25th
Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine
oly1kenobi – February 25th
God of War III Will Have Seamless Loading
oly1kenobi – February 25th
God Of War III Videos
Trev – February 26th
Transformers: War for Cybertron Gameplay Trailer
oly1kenobi – February 26th
WRC Real-Time Positioning in Future WRC Game(s)?
JimmyMagnum – February 26th
Just Cause 2 Demo Next Week
JimmyMagnum – February 26th
MAG Patched to v1.03
Trev – February 27th
The Current State of the PS3 In Stores
Eddie – February 27th
Jason Rubin Turns Bitter
Darrin – February 27th
Charted 3.5 Million
fleakitten – February 20th
Heavy Rain Banned In The United Arab Emirates
oly1kenobi – February 22nd
Heavy Rain DLC “The Taxidermist” Delayed
JimmyMagnum – February 22nd
Borderlands DLC: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx available Thursday
oly1kenobi – February 23rd
PS3 Sales up 160% at Amazon
oly1kenobi – February 23rd
GOW3 Demo Available in the PS Store
oly1kenobi – February 25th
Killzone 2 DLC Giveaway Today!!
oly1kenobi – February 25th
Capcom Promises “Huge Announcement” in April
fleakitten – February 26th
Nothing currently planned
Thanks to Darrin for pointing me in the right direction to get an interactive chart on here for poll results! To see what the choices were, click on a slice and it will tell you what it’s for and how many votes it got. I would have had a Legend, but the text was too small.
Be sure to vote in this week’s poll, ‘Has your gaming time decreased as your age increases?’
Well, that’s it for this week. March is going to be a huge month for releases, thus it will also be a huge month for news. Stick around, especially for that countdown ending tomorrow! I still have no idea what it is, as Tosh is being pretty tight-lipped about it. Since the countdown has been up since way earlier this month, though, it should be pretty big! Thanks for reading
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Written by: Jay
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#1 by Darrin on February 28th, 2010 [ 17049 Points ]
Love the post and the chart. Thanks for the props!